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AEW sets date & location for FTR Tag Team title defense

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

FTR will defend their AEW World Tag Team titles against Jake Doyle and Mark Davis later this month.

At last week’s AEW Dynamite Maximum Carnage, Doyle and Davis emerged victorious in a four-way tag team match to determine the next challengers to the titles followed by a brawl between both teams.

On Tuesday, the date and venue was announced: the January 28th edition of Dynamite in Austin, Texas, at the H-E-B Center. It’s the first match announced for the show.

It was Doyle’s first match on Dynamite after signing with the company following a multi-year TNA run. He and Davis are part of the ever-growing Don Callis Family.

FTR is in their third reign as champions and will be looking for their third title defense since regaining the belts at last November’s Full Gear. Davis and Doyle will both be looking for their first AEW gold.

Current AEW Dynamite lineup | January 28th | Austin, Texas

  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against Jake Doyle & Mark Davis

Future World Tag Team title match made on AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR now have their next title challengers confirmed after Wednesday’s Maximum Carnage edition of Dynamite.

Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler will defend against the new Don Callis-led team of Jake Doyle & Mark Davis who won a four-way title eliminator to earn the shot.

The end came when Davis hit a pull-up piledriver on Kevin Knight for the pin. That was after Doyle countered a Mike Bailey hurricanrana attempt by blocking it and throwing Bailey over the top rope onto both the Young Bucks and the Gates of Agony on the floor.

After the match, Doyle and Davis were confronted by Harwood and Wheeler in the ring and had to be pulled apart. A date was not announced for when the match will take place.

Doyle, the former Jake Something, made his Dynamite debut last week after signing with the company. Davis will be looking for his first AEW title of any kind while he is a former ROH Tag Team Champion.

FTR is in their third run with the titles after defeating Bandido at last November’s Full Gear. They have two successful title defenses since then, both against the Bang Bang Gang.

Two challenges issued for AEW Worlds End

Posted on by Josh Nason

This Saturday’s AEW Worlds End pay-per-view may grow by two matches imminently.

During Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite on 34th Street, Gabe Kidd issued a challenge to Darby Allin for the Chicago PPV with Allin later shrugging it off after revealing he’s been medically cleared, saying he had other things to focus on.

Kidd then snuck up from behind Allin and took issue with his comments, attacking him and then tossing him down the same stairwell behind the Manhattan Center that Moxley and the Death Riders threw him down last year.

Later in a vignette, the Bang Bang Gang issued a challenge to AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR for a Chicago street fight. FTR has been feuding with Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn for several weeks and recently picked up a tainted win in a title defense, leading to the challenge.

Neither match has been made official as of this writing.

Current AEW Worlds End lineup | Saturday, December 27 | Chicago:

  • AEW World Champion Samoa Joe defends against Swerve Strickland, Hangman Adam Page and MJF in a four-way
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander defends against Jamie Hayter
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron defend against Mercedes Mone and Athena
  • Continental Classic Semifinal: Blue league winner vs. Gold league runner-up
  • Continental Classic Semifinal: Gold league winner vs. Blue league runner-up
  • Continental Classic Finals: Semifinal winner vs. semifinal winner
  • *AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson & Austin Gunn) in a street fight
  • *Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd

*Unofficial, but likely

FTR win Tag Team titles at AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Bryan Rose

New AEW Tag Team Champions have been crowned.

FTR are now three-time AEW Tag Team Champions, defeating Brodido at Saturday’s Full Gear event. In a wild back and forth match, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler managed to isolate Bandido after hitting Brody King with a piledriver on the apron. Bandido attempted to fight back, but eventually found himself outnumbered and accepted his fate as he took the shatter machine, giving FTR the win and tying with the Young Bucks for most AEW Tag Team title reigns.

In the weeks leading to Full Gear, FTR and Stokely Hathaway had focused on Bandido and his family, insulting his grandmother and Bandido’s brother Gravity during shows. At one point, FTR attacked Gravity while the champions were stuck in a locked room, with Stokely guarding. Eventually Brody King burst through the door and managed to escape.

Brodido had held the titles for 90 days, originally winning them from The Hurt Syndicate in a three-way match at Forbidden Door that also involved FTR. During their time as champions, they defended against the likes of Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita and also defended the titles in CMLL. Bandido remains the ROH World Champion.

FTR comment on possible AEW training center

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Helping train wrestlers is something that interests FTR, especially in the future when they have more time.

A report emerged from Fightful last month saying that an AEW-affiliated training center in Asheville, North Carolina had been considered by Tony Khan. Adam Copeland, Beth Copeland (Beth Phoenix), and FTR — who all live in Asheville — would have been the trainers. The original report said there were rumors that AEW decided not to move forward with the idea due to the costs involved, but Khan later clarified that he’s still interested in the possibility.

FTR were asked about the possible training center during a new interview on the Battleground podcast.

“Training is something that I’m very, very, very interested in — something that I love doing,” Dax Harwood said. “We did have a few guys and girls come to Asheville from AEW. They were doing very well. We were working with Sting’s son as well. You know, it is something that is an itch that training will scratch for me. And I hope to one day be able to do that. If it’s with AEW, that would be even better. So we’ll see.”

Cash Wheeler added that, with FTR’s schedule in AEW being so busy, there are weeks where they aren’t home in Asheville for too long before heading back out on the road again.

“Right now, honestly, especially for us, most weeks we do Dynamite and Collision. That’s four days on the road or so given at that point. And then you count pay-per-views or international tours,” Wheeler said. “Like, we got Newark this week for Full Gear and then we got Cardiff and everything coming up in December. So there’s no set schedule for us ever, and it’s a lot of weeks where it’s up in the air where you’re just not home enough at all. So it might be easier for us once we’re a little more part-time also.”

Though FTR are good friends with the Copelands off-screen, they’re rivals with Adam Copeland in AEW at the moment. Harwood and Wheeler laid out Beth with a piledriver back in September at All Out. Adam has been away from TV since shortly after that as part of the angle.

Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view card in Newark includes an AEW Tag Team title match with FTR challenging Bandido & Brody King.

AEW Collision live results: All star eight-man tag team match, TNT title defense

Posted on by Marc Quill

An all star eight-man tag team match is one of the featured bouts on tonight’s live AEW Collision from Erie, Pennsylvania.

Former AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR team with LFI’s Rush and Sammy Guevara to take on JetSpeed, current Tag Team Champion Bandido and Juice Robinson of the Bang Bang Gang.

The TNT title will be on the line as Kyle Fletcher defends against former champion Scorpio Sky.

In a grudge match, Mark Briscoe will face Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family.

Ahead of their first round match in the AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament, Riho & Alex Windsor take on Maya World & Hyan.

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– It’s Saturday night and it’s time to Collide as we’re welcomed live to the show by Tony Schiavone, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard and Nigel McGuinness. The commentary trio then ran down tonight’s matches before we got a recap of this past Wednesday’s two Blood and Guts matches.

Trios Match: The Death Riders (Daniel Garcia, PAC, Wheeler Yuta) vs. Jay Lethal, Adam Priest, and Tommy Billington

Prior to the match, Daniel Garcia got in Matt Menard’s face, which led to the two fighting it out at the commentary desk. PAC and Yuta had to pull Garcia off of Menard just to keep him focused on this upcoming trios match. Jon Moxley appeared and took over for Menard on commentary.

Once the match got underway, Billington, Priest, and Lethal got the upper hand on an unprepared Garcia, which forced him to tag PAC into the match. Lethal dropkicked PAC and went for a pin early on, to no success. As Yuta entered the match, he fell victim to a double team attack from Billington and Lethal. This was then followed by Priest and Lethal nailing a double back suplex on legal man Garcia.

On commentary, Moxley tried to brush off his team’s loss in Blood and Guts as he talked about wanting to bring some “positive energy” in the world, in his words.

Garcia was unable to get any sort of advantage as Billington had him trapped in a criss-cross rope run. An attempt at a dive to the outside from Billington to Yuta wasn’t able to connect fully as we went to a picture in picture break.

We continued from the break with PAC working over Billington to help give the Death Riders the momentum over their opponents. In the Death Riders corner, Billington was being picked apart by PAC, as Yuta entered the match and took a bite out of his foe. The Death Riders’ trio shelled Billington with repeated running attacks to him while he was stunned in the corner. PAC finished it off with a Tombstone Piledriver as he went for the cover. However, the other team broke up the pin.

On the top rope, Billington broke free of Yuta’s grip and then knocked him down with a shotgun dropkick. This tried to create some separation for Billington, but Garcia took out Lethal and Priest in the corner. Billington attempted a running crossbody that took himself out ouf the ring. Soon after, the hot tag was made to Lethal, who was on fire against the Death Riders. He locked PAC in the Figure Four, but Garcia broke that up. Things escalated as PAC forced Priest in the line of fire of Lethal’s patented Lethal Injection. This led to PAC picking up the submission win as Lethal submitted to the Brutalizer.

After the match, PAC took the microphone as he addressed how Darby Allin was not in the building tonight because of what he did to him at Blood and Guts a few days back. PAC said that setting Allin on fire was his “magnum opus”, but he knew that Allin would want some sort of petty revenge. That was no problem for PAC, as he laid down the challenge for next Saturday at AEW Full Gear for Allin to face him. He said that Allin was not in the conversation or the same league as a competitor like him. PAC concluded that he would be waiting for Allin’s answer.

The Death Riders def. Tommy Billington, Jay Lethal, and Adam Priest via submission

A solid trios match to kick off the night on Collision, and the Garcia/Menard confrontation was a hot way to start things. Jon Moxley on commentary was entertaining as well, and while there wasn’t much in the way of an direct aftermath of Blood and Guts just yet, Moxley trying to play off his team’s loss by preaching about positivity was hilarious.

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– Lexy Nair was backstage with Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher ahead of their respective matches tonight. Fletcher said that he was tired of hearing about Mark Briscoe and that at Full Gear, he’d put him in his place for good. Davis interjected by talking how Briscoe would be nothing more but “dinner” for him later tonight. Fletcher then addressed his TNT Championship challenger Scorpio Sky, declaring that he’d end up saying Fletcher’s full name once all was said and done.

– We returned from the break with Nair interviewing “Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa, who was not cleared for action tonight. Storm talked about how while they could come after her, if you went after the love her life (Shirakawa), it was time for a cinema verite, starring “five shitass sloptarts”, and that anytime, any place, the show must go on. Storm then concluded her promo with an incredble closer: “Don’t ask God for mercy, he’s a big fan of our work.”

Mark Briscoe vs. Mark Davis

Things got off to a hot start as Briscoe and Davis brawled at the ramp before the bell could even ring. As the bell finally rang, Briscoe flattened Davis with a Blockbuster from the apron to the outside. Davis regained the advantage with a clothesline, as he then threw Briscoe onto the hardest part of the ring. Davis then chucked Briscoe against a chair sat next to the barricade.

Once both men got into the ring, Davis chopped at Briscoe in the corner, but he couldn’t maintain the momentum. On the top rope, Briscoe was punched repeatedly by Davis, who then dropped him with a huge superplex for a near-fall. The action went to picture-in-picture with Davis in control of this Battle of the Marks.

Collision returned from the break as Davis dropped Briscoe with a hard lariat. He followed that up with repeated chops to the chest of Briscoe, who absorbed the last few strikes and got himself hyped up. Briscoe then answered back with some chops of his own, followed by a running forearm that knocked Davis down on the mat. As both men got back to their feet, Briscoe and Davis traded back and forth chops and back and forth charging attacks to one another.

Davis went for a suplex, but got rolled up by Briscoe for the near-fall. After a pump kick to the face of Davis, Briscoe lifted him up for a suplex of his own. Briscoe then headed up top for the Froggy Bow, but Davis got his feet up to block the attack. With Briscoe dazed, Davis hit a fierce running lariat for the close near-fall. Briscoe rolled to the and took a seat on a chair, but Davis ran into him with a running uppercut.

The Aussie threw a pair of chairs into the ring, but whatever he was planning did not come to fruition as Briscoe set up a chair in a seated position. Briscoe then leapt from the chair to the outside with a dive over the ropes on Davis. In the corner, Davis’ attempt at an attack was countered by Briscoe, who kept him down long enough for the Froggy Bow and the victory to prove himself the superior Mark of AEW.

Mark Briscoe def. Mark Davis via pinfall

I had fun watching this match. I enjoy seeing Briscoe in action and his fellow Mark in one-half of Aussie Open was a great opponent for him to have in this contest.

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– Christopher Daniels was backstage with Scorpio Sky, as he tried to hype his former SCU partner up for his TNT Title match against Kyle Fletcher for later tonight.

– As we returned from break, we went backstage to see Josh Alexander attacking Michael Nakazawa. He said that he was the Don Callis Family’s instrument of destruction and it appeared he was challenging Kenny Omega for Dynamite in Boston. Alexander then took out Nakazawa in brutal fashion.

Taya Valkyrie (w/ MxMTV) vs. Tay Melo

Before the match, MxMTV’s Mansoor took the mic and told the crowd to shut up as this was MxMTV’s Open Casting Call and it was about to start.

As the bell rang, Melo caught Valkyrie by surprise with a jumping kick that left her stunned in the corner. Valykyrie got the advantage on the opposite corner as she hit a nice sliding German suplex on Melo, which had MxMTV’s men in awe. Outside the ring, Melo fought back and threw Valkyrie into the steel steps. As MxMTV checked up on the fallen Valkyrie, Melo leapt from the top rope and took out Mansoor and Johnny TV with a dive. In the end, Melo won by finishing off Valkyrie in short order.

After the match, Marina Shafir snuck up on Melo with a kick to the face, followed by locking in Mother’s Milk on her. “Timeless” Toni Storm then made the save as she ran through MxMTV outside the ring. Storm then took out Shafir with Storm Zero.

Tay Melo def. Taya Valkyrie

A short, but sweet match and it was nice to see Toni Storm get her hands dirty, so to speak, as she went after Marina Shafir in the post-match action.

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– “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs from Dynamite was recapped, as well as the AEW Men’s World Championship Cage Match for Full Gear being made.

TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Scorpio Sky (w/ Christopher Daniels & Top Flight)

Sky offered a handshake as the bell rang, but Fletcher refused with a kick to his hands. The two then locked up as they engaged in a battle of strength. Sky tried to go after Fletcher’s arm, but found his own arm being the target of Fletcher’s attack instead. Sky and Fletcher once again tested their strength as TNT Champion found himself backed into the corner. Fletcher then retreated to ringside while Sky mocked his foe by putting on Fletcher’s entrance jacket in the ring.

Things picked up as Sky feigned a leg injury and tried to roll up Fletcher for the pin. Fletcher responded by punching away at Sky, but he was hit with a flying clothesline from the challenger. Outside the ring, Sky battered Fletcher with a punch against the barricade. Fletcher responded by throwing Sky onto the apron before he decked Christopher Daniels with a hard punch. An enraged Sky fought back and sent Fletcher right into the steel steps as the match headed to picture-in-picture.

Collision returned to live action with Fletcher working over Sky with a set of kicks to the chest. Sky beckoned his foe to hit him some more, which fired him up enough to a point where he had Fletcher in the ropes with the punches in the corner. Sky bit at Fletcher’s forehead as he then clotheslined him out of the ring. At ringisde, Fletcher attempted a powerbomb, but Sky countered by getting himself on the apron as he then floored the TNT Champion with a hurricanrana.

As Fletcher recovered on the outside, he was sent down to the ground by a dive over the ropes by Sky. Back in the ring, Sky got a near fall with the pop-up sitdown powerbomb on Fletcher. Sky lifted Fletcher on his shoulders, but the wily Australian escaped and countered into a snap German suplex. He then tried for his signature brainbuster, but Sky bit at Fletcher’s hand to get out of it.

On the apron, Fletcher kicked Sky in the face and attempted the brainbuster. Sky escaped in the nick of time and connected with a rough-looking leaping cutter onto the apron. Sky had Fletcher on the ropes, as he nailed the DDT from the middle rope. One, two… Fletcher managed to kick out in time. Both men struggled to get themselves to their feet as neither man could get the upper hand. Sky rolled under Fletcher’s attack and had the Lance Storm-style single leg crab locked in. Fletcher got his hand on the ropes to escape, however.

Fletcher recovered and hit the running kick in the corner, followed by his finishing sheer drop brainbuster on Sky for the three and the TNT Championship victory.

After the match, Fletcher’s Aussie Open partner Mark Davis attacked Sky for a bit before Mark Briscoe and Top Flight chased them off. Briscoe took the mic and talked about how not even an ambush before Blood and Guts or Mark Davis could slow him down. He said that the next time Don Callis shined up Fletcher’s shiny bald head, he should shine up that TNT Championship because that championship was coming for him.

Fletcher responded by saying he wasn’t responsible for Briscoe getting attacked, and that he was one defense away from breaking the record for most TNT Championship defenses. He said that one week from tonight at Full Gear, he’d break that record and Briscoe would be left with no choice but to join the Don Callis Family, which meant Briscoe would have no choice but to say Fletcher’s full name.

Kyle Fletcher def. Scorpio Sky via pinfall to retain the TNT Championship

A solid “veteran versus young gun” match with Sky using his veteran wits to try and pry the TNT Title away, but Fletcher just being a bit better in the end. The upcoming Fletcher vs. Briscoe match at Full Gear should be a great one and the added stakes of Briscoe being forced to join the Don Callis Family should he lose does add a lot of drama to it.

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– A promo package hyping a $200k Tailgate Brawl for next week’s pre-Full Gear show featuring The Acclaimed vs. the Bang Bang Gang vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith vs. The Outrunners was shown, with the teams mentioining what they’d do for the match.

– A Renee Paquette-narrated video talking about Mercedes Mone vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women’s World Championship at Full Gear was shown.

Riho & Alex Windsor vs. Maya World & Hyan

Riho and Hyan got the match going with a chain wrestling battle, as the latter swiftly avoided a pin with a nice dodge. After a rollup pin, Hyan hit Riho with a nice boot to the face as Maya World tagged herself in. Windsor made the tag for herself as she and Riho showed an inspired and elevated effort as a team. On the apron, Windsor leapt at Maya and Hyan to take them out, as Riho followed up with a dive from the top rope as the action went to picture-in-picture.

This tag match continued from picture-in-picture with Riho battling her way out of Maya’s submission hold successfully. Windsor entered the match a house o’fire as she used her speed to take down Maya with a shoulder charge. Windsor connected with a swinging powerbomb as Hyan broke up the pin. Riho and Windsor once again showed their team acumen by taking out Hyan with a pair of kicks. Maya ran at Riho, but found herself flattened by a snapdragon suplex. In the end, Riho had Maya in a crucifix position as Windsor struck with a hard lariat. The pin by Riho, and this one’s done.

After the match, Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa addressed Windsor & Riho on the big screen. Storm said that they would have a “bloody good” time as they were lovers on a path of revenge.

Riho & Alex Windsor def. Maya World & Hyan via pinfall

A nice showcase match for Riho and Windsor, and a great effort from Maya World and Hyan as they got to look like they belong in the ring against a team of Riho and Windsor’s status. Just a nice bit of business here and a solid little match.

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– Remarks from Wednesday’s Dynamite from Kyle O’Reilly and The Conglomeration were shown after their big victory from Blood & Guts. O’Reilly said that he had a submission victory over Moxley and that if there was another time he wanted to prove him wrong, he was up for it.

After the video package, Moxley was angry as he left commentary and addressed O’Reilly’s comments. The fans chanted “you tapped out” to further add to Moxley’s frustrations. The Death Riders’ leader said that O’Reilly was not like him, and he was not built like him. Moxley said that O’Reilly could not beat him again. If O’Reilly and the Conglomeration wanted another match, Moxley said they knew where to find him and the Death Riders. Moxley then left the ringside area.

– Tay Melo was interviewed about what happened earlier tonight for her. She said that she’d kick Toni Storm’s head off for the AEW Women’s Tag Titles, as she then turned her attention to Marina Shafir and Megan Bayne. Melo stated that what Shafir and Bayne started, TayJay would finish it.

All-Star Eight-Man Tag: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) & La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush & Sammy Guevara) vs. Bandido, JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey) & Juice Robinson

Bandido and Harwood got our main event going with a lockup. Harwood had Bandido in the corner as he struck him and hit a snap suplex osoon after. Wheeler tagged in and continued to work away on Bandido with a chop in the corner. However, Bandido escaped and quickened the pace with a dive from the top, followed by a superkick. Bailey tagged in and immediately pummelled Wheeler with his signature kicks. Wheeler broke the momentum with a slam as Guevara tagged in.

Guevara feigned a dive from the top rope as he instead dropped down and hit Bailey with a kick to the head. Knight entered the match, but soon found himself being attacked by Rush and Guevara with a not-so-tranquilo double team assault. Harwood tagged in and attacked Knight, but was dropped with a nice leaping clothesline from one-half of JetSpeed. Robinson got the tag from his team as he singlehandledly made short work of FTR and LFI. In the ring, Harwood and Wheeler were being beaten with consecutive punches from Robinson, as they then fell victim to a double noggin-knocker. Rush stopped Robinson’s fun with an elbow to the face.

Things began to brake down a bit as all eight men got inovlved and the action was fast and furious. On opposite ends of the ring, Bandido and Bailey hit stereo Asai Moonsaults on their foes at ringside to briefly take them out of the equation. Back in the ring, Knight hit Harwood with a huge DDT, as Robinson went for the cover. That wasn’t enough to end this one, as the match went to one final picture-in-picture break.

Collision’s hot main event resumed as FTR pulled Bandido and Knight out from the apron before Bailey could get a tag. In the ring, Guevara levelled Bailey with a facebuster for the near-fall. Bailey struggled to fight free of Wheeler’s piledriver, and eventually hit a knee-first moonsault on Wheeler’s ribcage, as Bandido got the hot tag.

Bandido was a force as he held his own against all four men before he hit leaping frog splash on Rush for the close two. Rush responded as he pulled Bandido from the apron for a superplex for the near-fall. FTR and LFI had Bandido surrounded, as one half of the AEW Tag Champions stood his ground against the odds. The odds were evened by Bandido’s partners as we got a staredown between Bandido and Rush inside the ring.

Rush threw Bandido overhead with a belly-to-belly throw as he had him in sight for The Horns, but Bandido escaped that fate. Rush did manage to take Bandido out with a hard headbutt as he also went down in the process. On the apron, Guevara leapt at Robinson for the moonsault. Things intensified as Knight took out Guevara with a leaping bunch, as Wheeler dropped him face-first onto the apron with a Gory Special. Afterwards, Bailey attempted another Ultima Weapon moonsault, but Harwood moved out of the way at the last second, as Bailey ended up hitting the apron instead.

Rush rolled up Bandido, but he was sent onto FTR on the Apron, this left him at the mercy of Bandido’s 21-Plex for the three and the victory in our Collision main event.

Collision wrapped with commentary running down the matches for the three-hour Dynamite/Collision special on Wednesday and the babyface team celebrating their victory.

Bandido, Juice Robinson, & JetSpeed def. FTR & La Faccion Ingobernable via pinfall

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A very fun main event to end a solid episode of Collision. These All-Star tag matches always manage to live up to their name and this one was no exception. Just a treat to watch from start to finish.

This was a great episode that gave us some really nice TV matches and a bit of story development with regards to the situation with the Death Riders post-Blood and Guts. Collision has found a nice groove as a show where the best wrestle, to coin a particular phrase and offering storyline development when needed. Just a nice and breezy way on Saturday nights to enjoy some wrestling, just like old times.

TNT title match part of updated AEW Collision lineup

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Three new matches are set for Saturday’s Collision.

During a livestream, Tony Khan announced that Kyle Fletcher was looking to defend the TNT title ahead of Full Gear, where he’s set to face Mark Briscoe. Khan decided to give the opportunity to Scorpio Sky, mentioning that he says has been undefeated since returning to AEW earlier this year.

Khan also took time to praise Maya World and Hyan, noting that they stepped up at the last minute to take on TayJay last week. He said they would get another chance to prove themselves on Saturday by taking on Riho and Alex Windsor. World & Hyan were last minute replacements for Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize, who walked out of last week’s AEW Collision after they were told they’d only get three minutes for their match that they were scheduled to lose.

In his final announcement, Khan said an All Star 8-Man Tag Team match would take place. Bandido will team up with Juice Robinson and JetSpeed to take on FTR, Sammy Guevara, and Rush.

Here is the updated lineup for Collision:

AEW Collision, Saturday, November 15 —

  • TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher defends against Scorpio Sky
  • Riho & Alex Windsor vs. Maya World & Hyan
  • All Star 8-Man Tag: Bandido, Juice Robinson, JetSpeed vs. FTR, Sammy Guevara, and Rush
  • Mark Briscoe vs. Mark Davis

Tag Team title match official for AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Josh Nason

FTR will have their shot to become three-time AEW World Tag Team Champions at next month’s Full Gear as they will take on reigning champions Brodido.

Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler cashed their ticket during Wednesday’s Fright Night edition of Dynamite, defeating the Young Bucks, JetSpeed and Jurassic Express in a four-way title eliminator.

The end came when Luchasaurus took the Bucks to the floor and hit a moonsault to take out Matt Jackson, followed by Bailey hitting his own. Knight hit a UFO splash back in the middle but bounced up into a Shatter Machine by Harwood and Wheeler to give them the win.

FTR is looking for their first reign since the summer of 2023 while Brodido will be gunning for their sixth defense since winning the belts at August’s Forbidden Door in a four-way that included FTR.

The two teams did battle straight up in the finals of an eliminator tournament leading into Forbidden Door that ended in a 30-minute draw.

Current AEW Full Gear lineup | Saturday, November 22 | Newark, New Jersey

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page vs. Samoa Joe
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander defends against Mercedes Mone
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) defend against FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood

Four-way Tag Team title eliminator part of updated AEW Fright Night Dynamite lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

A second title eliminator has been added to this Wednesday’s updated lineup for the Fright Night edition of AEW Dynamite from Edinburg, Texas.

Announced on Saturday’s Collision after the main event, it will be the Young Bucks vs. FTR vs. Jurassic Express vs. JetSpeed with the winners moving on to face Brodido for the AEW World Tag Team titles at next month’s Full Gear.

JetSpeed and Jurassic Express defeated FTR and the Bucks Saturday to win $400,000 in storyline. Of the four teams involved, only JetSpeed have never held the titles.

The inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament will begin as Jamie Hayter teams with Queen Aminata against the Sisters of Sin. Hayter and Aminata won a four-way on Wednesday to choose their first opponents for the tournament.

After the internal strife in his faction between Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita, Don Callis will hold a family summit to cool tensions.

The new additions join the previously announced Samoa Joe vs. Hook vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Ricochet match to determine the next AEW World title contender, also at Full Gear.

Current AEW Fright Night Dynamite card | Edinburg, Texas | This Wednesday

  • Samoa Joe vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Ricochet vs. Hook in a four-way no. 1 contender’s match
  • Don Callis Family summit
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata vs. Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue)
  • Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) vs. JetSpeed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) in a four way no. 1 contender’s match

AEW Collision live results: FTR & Young Bucks vs. JetSpeed & Jurassic Express

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

$400,000 in storyline dollars will be on the line as part of tonight’s AEW Collision from San Antonio, Texas, as FTR teams with former rivals The Young Bucks.

Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler and the Jackson brothers take on JetSpeed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) and Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) in an eight-man tag match. All four teams were in action at last Saturday’s WrestleDream.

AEW World Champion Hangman Page will appear to address Samoa Joe and The Opps after they turned on Page following the Joe vs. Page match at WrestleDream.

PAC will take on Tomohiro Ishii as The Death Riders vs. Conglomeration feud continues.

Thekla battles former interim ROH Women’s TV Champion Mina Shirakawa while Ace Austin returns to challenge Bryan Keith in the former’s first AEW match since he debuted in August.

Hook vs. Griff Garrison, and an MxM TV open challenge round out the show.

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Hangman Adam Page opened the show with an in ring promo. Page noted that the Opps fought the Death Riders for the better part of a year, and that Hangman owed them for that, as they made sure the match between him and Jon Moxley was one on one. Page emphasized that he gave Samoa Joe a shot at the title because he owed him, and he beat him clean in the ring, as hard as it was. Hangman said that Joe was embarrassed he lost to him, and that was why they stabbed Hangman in the back.

Hangman said that the Joe, Shibata, and Hobbs have become the very thing that they hated, and they should have known better. They especially should have known better because they have seen what Hangman does to his enemies, and Joe made the fatal mistake of thinking he was hunting Hangman, but Hangman was the one hunting him. Page promised to do far worse than embarrass and beat Joe, and instead would ruin his life.

This promo was great. It had a ton of menace, as AEW fans know how dangerous Adam Page can be when he is angry. All we have to do is look at the bloody feuds with Swerve Strickland and Jon Moxley. This showed a lot of growth in the Hangman Page character, as he was clearly confident and ready to bring it to Joe.

–PAC was backstage with the Death Riders, and he cut a promo saying that he was going to take out Tomohiro Ishii and remind people that the Death Riders were the most dangerous people in AEW, and that they were the ones that really ran the place.

PAC (w/ Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, & Marina Shafir) vs. Tomohiro Ishii

The announcers noted that PAC has a metal plate in his foot due to the surgery he had that he may have been using to knock people out since he has returned. A classic wrestling trope that I love is coming back. Ishii and PAC exchanged forearms, and then had a really fast opening portion exchanging moves and dodging and countering each other. Both men exchanged shoulder tackles, but Ishii got the better of that and hit a brainbuster that caused PAC to roll to the floor.

Garcia distracted Ishii on the floor, allowing PAC to attack him from behind. Garcia then hit mounted punches on Ishii with the referee’s back turned. Ishii stood up and started baiting PAC into a forearm battle, but ate a pump kick from PAC. PAC cussed at the audience as he went to the top rope and hit a big dropkick off the ropes. As PAC sent Ishii into the guardrail a few times, Ishii fired up, so PAC took the knee out.

PAC continued to stomp on Ishii and Ishii woke up and they started exchanging hard chops until Ishii hit a big tackle. Ishii sold his shoulder, as PAC had been stomping and attacking it. Ishii hit a stalling brainbuster off the middle ropes, and PAC kicked out. Ishii hit a headbutt and a powerbomb for a two count, while still selling the shoulder. PAC necked Ishii on the ropes, but Ishii blocked a German suplex, and unfortunately for PAC, hit one of his own. PAC attacked the shoulder and hit a German suplex, but Ishii got up, ate an enziguri, fired up, and then hit a lariat, and collapsed.

PAC hit a stalling German suplex after Shafir tripped him. PAC then hit the ropes to hit a kick with his plated foot, but Ishii hit a lariat, and PAC popped up to hit a brainbuster, but Ishii kicked out. PAC dumped Ishii to the floor, and Yuta hit a busaiku knee on the floor. PAC hit the ropes again and hit a big lariat, finally scoring the pinfall. PAC did not use his plated foot, and did not need to, but there is definitely going to be something to this with the announcers explicitly talking about it. Something to pay attention to for PAC matches in the future.

Match Result: PAC defeated Tomohiro Ishii

This was an excellent opening match. Tomohiro Ishii is the greatest, and PAC is also the greatest. That is all.

Thekla vs. Mina Shirakawa

Shirakawa mocked Thekla first doing a dance and saying she was a spider. Shirakawa hit a dropkick that dropped Thekla. Shirakawa locked on a surfboard stretch before stomping on the hands of Thekla and attacking the knee. Thekla ducked under a lariat, swept the leg, and Shirakawa slipped out, posed, and ended up paying for it as Thekla continued the attack.

Shirakawa blocked an attack from Thekla and hit a DDT before returning back to working on the knee. Shirakawa noticed that Julia Hart and Sky Blue had come to ringside, distracting her, and allowing Thekla to attack from behind to send her to the floor as they went to an ad break. When they came back, Thekla had a crossface on Shirakawa, Hart and Blue attacked Shirakawa from behind, but Shirakawa tried to to fire up with forearms and a dropkick. Shirakawa hit a torneo and then attacked the knee again. Shirakawa hit a backfist for a 2-count.

Shirakawa and Thekla exchanged strikes on the top rope before Thekla hit a superplex, but stayed in the tree of woe and went for the death trap, but Shirakawa hit a running knee and a series of strikes that ended with a spinning backfist for a very close 2-count. Shirakawa and Thekla slightly botched a slingblade, then Shirakawa went for a Glamorous driver. Thekla slipped out and hit a spear with distraction from Hart and Blue, and then locked on the Death Trap for the finish.

Match Result: Thekla defeated Mina Shirakawa

–Anna Jay and Tay Melo were backstage talking about how excited they were for the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament, but they are not like teams that were just thrown together. As they were talking, Nixon Newell (the former Tegan Nox, returned to her indie name) and Miranda Alize walked up to challenge them to a tag match.

–MxM TV came out for their casting call, so we will see who comes out to face them this week. They insulted the fans, then the ring announcer informed them that the open challenge was for a singles match, and the men looked excited, but Olympia from CMLL came out to face Taya Valkyrie.

Taya Valkyrie (w/ MxM TV (Mansoor, Mace Madden, & Johnny TV) vs. Olympia

Olympia knocked Valkyrie off the apron, and MxM TV caught her, but Olympia hit a dive to the floor taking everyone out. Olympia put Valkyrie in a fireman’s carry, did three squats, and then hit a sitout slam from the fireman’s carry for the pinfall.

Match Result: Olympia defeated Taya Valkyrie

I liked this squash. It highlighted Olympia and made her look like a star.

–A hype video aired for a 4-way match for the #1 Contender position for Hangman Adam Page’s world title at Full Gear. Samoa Joe, Hook, Bobby Lashley, and Ricochet will be competing.

Bryan Keith vs. Ace Austin

Austin took Keith over with a headlock, and Keith stood up and said “I wasn’t ready, ref!” which made me laugh. Ace Austin took advantage of this match to show how good he actually is, with the fans responding very well to Austin showing his high flying offence. However, Keith pulled the referee in the way when Austin went for a springboard kick, and then Keith grabbed him and hit an exploder suplex over the ropes to the floor. Keith paused to hit a running kick on the floor, told a fan to get off their phone, and then kicked Austin in the face.

Keith hit some hard chops in the ring, and told the referee to back off when he tried to stop Keith from choking Austin. Listen, Bryan, you cannot choke someone. That is illegal. Austin hit a sunset flip for a 2-count, and followed up with a legdrop, shouting out Chris Bey and the Bullet Club, before hitting a stomp and to the head for a two count. Keith responded with a brutal headbutt and a back drop driver. Austin dodged a corner charge and hit a springboard kick before hitting the Fold for the pinfall. Really good showcase for Austin here, though he did spend a lot of it selling.

Match Result: Ace Austin defeated Bryan Keith

–Don Callis was backstage with Lexy Nair, and she directly asked Callis what is going on between Takeshita and Okada. Callis claimed that families fight sometimes, and when you had a family of genetically superior wrestlers, they are going to test each other every now and then. Callis said that he was the master of the inner workings of his family, and that Okada and Takeshita were more concerned with pleasing him, and it was unity and belts that pleased him. Callis announced the Don Callis Family Summit for Dynamite, claiming he was going to get a peace price for his efforts.

–The Outrunners and Dalton Castle were backstage with Lexy Nair, and they were ready to tell the secret of their success, but Bowens and Caster were arguing so they never got to explain the secret, not realizing the promo was live. So, Castle and The Outrunners posed and yelled, and Castle claimed that was the secret.

Griff Garrison (w/ The Frat House) vs. Hook (w/ Eddie Kingston)

Hook suplexed Garrison and he spilled out to the floor. The announcers took the opportunity to plug the DC Comics sponsorship due to Hook using his Bat Signal. Garrison hit a clothesline but missed a rolling one, and Hook hit two clotheslines of his own before hitting a flying double axe handle in the middle of the ring. Hook hit another suplex and locked in Red Rum for the submission win.

Match Result: Hook defeated Griff Garrison

I am fine with Hook squashing Garrison, but this is not really the kind of matches Hook needs to improve. I hope his 4-way on Dynamite will help elevate him as a star and give him experience with 3 other very experienced main event talents in Ricochet, Lashley, and Joe.

–Olympia cut a promo in Spanish with subtitles, saying that she would challenge Mercedes Mone next week on Collision. This was good. I prefer when they let talent who do not know the language well to cut promos with subtitles.

–Jamie Hayter and Queen Aminata got a hype video for their attempt to win the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship.

FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokley Hathaway) & The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) vs. JetSpeed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) & The Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus)

The Young Bucks noticeably got a cheer while their partners FTR got booed. It seems that the slow burn babyface turn to reuinte them with Kenny Omega is working. Though, this turned to boos once the Bucks knocked the Jurassic Express beach ball away from them, and Wheeler hit the beachball with a chairshot to bust it. That was not a sentence I ever expected to write.

The Bucks and FTR got the heat on Jet Speed initially, but Bailey hit a series of kicks on Wheeler and Jack Perry came in and countered a powerslam into a cradle, which looked really smooth. Wheeler kicked out and hit a lariat. All four men on the heel team started stomping on Luchasaurus, but Luchasaurus hit a double shoulder tackle on FTR. The Bucks swept Luchasaurus’ legs, but Perry hit a hurricanrana on Nick Jackson while Bailey hit a flying dropkick on Matt Jackson. Perry, Knight, and Bailey all hit moonsaults from the same turnbuckle to the floor on their opponents at the same time while Luchasaurus hit a standing moonsault on Harwood in the ring.

Harwood got chopped by everyone and tried to escape by diving into the front row, but Perry pulled him back and hit another chop. Harwood reversed an Irish whip and sent Perry into the ring steps, and then sent him over the announce table into the lap of Tony Schiavone before going to ad break. Perry countered a back suplex into a crossbody and tried to tag out, but FTR and the Bucks attacked the other side of the ring to prevent any tags.

Cash Wheeler decided to do the tope con giro spot with Matt Jackson instead of Nick Jackson, and then Matt Jackson teamed with Harwood to help him lock in a sharpshooter on Jack Perry. Nick Jackson then hit an x-factor over the ropes on Perry as he was in the submission. Wheeler missed a corner charge, which allowed Perry to tag out to Knight, who hit a UFO Splash on Matt Jackson but FTR broke it up. Knight leaped over the arms of FTR as they went for a double clothesline, which was incredible, and Jet Speed hit stereo pescado’s to the floor.

Hathaway threw powder into the eyes of Kevin Knight as the referee was turned around, allowing Matt Jackson to hit a superkick for a 2-count. They isolated Kevin Knight for the next few minutes, and Nick Jackson hit a spinning wheel kick, stopping any comeback. Cash Wheeler continued the assault hitting brutal chops and strikes in the corner. Harwood hit a lariat on Knight.

Luchasaurus ended up backed up by FTR, leading to Power and Glory, and then an elbow from Matt Jackson and a 450 splash by Nick Jackson for a 2-count. The Bucks and FTR went for the BTE Trigger, but ended up kneeing each other, and Luchasaurus hit a chokeslam that sent Nick Jackson moonsaulting on Dax Harwood. Luchasaurus tagged out to Bailey, who hit a spinning kick on Harwood, while Knight cut off Wheeler and hit a UFO splash for the pinfall victory.

Match Result: Jet Speed & Jurassic Express

With the members of FTR eating the pins, it seems the Young Bucks might be having a wedge driven between them and FTR. To be fair to them, it would not be hard to, given the rivalry for the two teams. The Young Bucks looked devastated at losing, and angry.

–Perry took money out of the bag and gave some to Nick Jackson to help him pay for his parking, at least. Stokley Hathaway ran into the crowd to escape Jack Perry, fist bumped a kid randomly with a huge smile, and then looked back at Perry with rage. That was awesome.

Final Thoughts

This was a pretty decent episode of Collision that saw several big matches announced for Dynamite. If you are limited in time, watch Hangman Adam Page’s promo, the opening match, and the main event.

AEW Collision Homecoming live results: Women’s trios match

Posted on by Jeff Moss

Tonight’s Homecoming edition of AEW Collision takes place from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, as the road to next Saturday’s WrestleDream continues.

The show is headlined by a women’s trios match as Toni Storm teams with AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron against Thekla, Skye Blue & Julia Hart of the Triangle of Madness.

Josh Alexander takes on Kota Ibushi in a match where Ibushi notably got injured.

In a mixed trios match, FTR teams with Megan Bayne against Willow Nightingale and JetSpeed.

Eddie Kingston continues his recent run against luchadores as he battles The Beast Mortos.

The former Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) continues their revived run against Big Bill & Bryan Keith.

TayJay (Tay Conti & Tay Melo) will also be in action.

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In spite of Starlink’s best efforts, we are here and live for AEW Collision!

Josh Alexander (w/Don Callis) vs Kota Ibushi

I won’t lie; due to some techical issues, I missed the first few minutes of this match. As it stands though, there’s no bad time to join and Alexander/Ibushi match and I was glad to get in to see Ibushi hammering Alexander with kicks on the outside.

Alexander caught one though and flipped it into a DDT on the concrete. Alexander dragged Ibushi back into the ring and began working the right leg. He dropped elbows on it, stretched it, worked a modified ankle lock and left Ibushi in a lot of pain.

Ibushi rolled out of the ring and while Alexander distracted the ref, Callis gave him some stiff shots. He bolted away and Alexander grabbed Ibushi and went for a pin, but it was a kickout at one. Alexander began throwing shots at Ibushi’s head, knocking him down every time he got up.

Alexander set Ibushi up in the corner but when he charged, Ibushi ducked and powerslammed him. Ibushi went up top, but Alexander pulled him back down. Ibushi got up and began kicking Alexander in the chest. He peppered him with stikes until Alexander got an elbow on that sore knee.

Ibushi got back up though and hit a standing moonsault for a two count. Ibushi went for a piledriver, but Alexander reversed it into an ankle lock. Ibushi used it to throw him into the corner, but Alexander grabbed him for a spinning slam from the shoulders.

Alexander sat on the top turnbuckle. When he tried to jump off, Ibushi was ready and caught him a a fisherman’s suplex, followed by the driving knees. Alexander kicked out at two. Ibushi tried a pumpkick, but Alexander hit him in the jaw then slammed him on the ring apron.

Tossing him back in, Alexander landed a big lariat, but only got a two count. Callis was not happy. Alexander put Ibushi up on the top turnbuckle and got into position for what looked like a death Valley Driver, but Alexander lost his balance and Ibushi ended up going backwards onto the barricade from above the top rope.

Officials checked on Ibushi who was clutching his leg. The Ref started a countdown while the drs attended to Ibushi. The ref hit the ten count, giving the win to Alexander.

Match Result: Josh Alexander defeated Kota Ibushi via countout.

After the match, Mark Davis of the Callis Family started beating on Ibushi which drew out Kenny Omega who took out Alexander and Davis with a garbage can. They slunk away while Ibushi was attended to. We know now that this was a real injury, so best wishes to Ibushi!

-Next, a Mark Briscoe promo aired setting up his Wrestledream match against Kyle Fletcher. This shouldn’t be shocking. but they both think they are going to win.

Tag Team Match: Max Caster & Anthony Bowens vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith

Keith and Bill came down to little fanfare, but Bowens and Caster jockeyed for the crowds attention, flashing 8x10s and such.

Caster hit a blind tag on Bowens to be able to start off the match aagainst Keith. The two ran through a chain of flips and hits until Bowens hit a blind tag on Caster and inserted himself into the match.

Bowens and Keith locked up with Bowens sending him to the mat with a shoulder tackle. Bowens leapfrogged over Keith a couple of times and nailed him with a facebuster. That brought in Bill and Bowens tagged himself out. Caster then did the same thing, neither man wanting to face their XL opponent. Finally, Bill just started hitting Caster so he became legal.

Bill slapped and chopped Caster around the ring, throwing him off the ropes and choking him. Bowens jumped in and hit him with a fame-ass-er and Bill rolled out, leaving Caster and Bowens to to stare deeply into each other’s eyes, wondering if they should team together again.

Then Bill pulled Bowens out of the ring and he and Keith jumped Caster. They hit a double team eye-rake-choke thing and tossed Caster out of the ring. Keith began beating him up on the outside, while Bill drove Bowens into the barricades. In spite of us just having a match that ended in a countout, countouts didn’t seem to apply here.

Bill held Bowens in the corner so Keith could superkick him. Bowens fought back with a kick to Keith’s gut. Keith put a headlock on and worked Bowens’ neck in the middle of the ring. Bowens powered out of it though landing a back elbow. He went for a tag, but Keith cut him off.

Keith sent Bowens into the corner, which tagged in Caster who chased Keith out of the ring chopping him. Keith ducked a backhand and Big BIll hit Caster so that Keith could put him back in the ring. Keith went off the ropes, but Caster caught him with a Death Valley Driver for a two count.

Caster went up top, but Bowens hit a blind tag and told him to leave. Keith pushed Bowens into Caster, but only got at two count on the rollup afterwards. Bowens and Caster blamed each other and started shoving. IN the confusion, Keith got hit with a hard right hand and Bowens was able to fall on him for the pin.

Match Result: Anthony Bowens and Max Caster defeated Big Bill and Bryan Keith

-The Bang Bang Gang cut a promo in the back about how they are feeling great. Big Bill and Bryan wandered by, smashing stuff in frustration. The Gang asked if they wanted to “get active” (aka fight) and Bill and Keith looked like they were ready, but walked away instead.

TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) vs Carolina Cruz and Dream Girl Ellie

TayJay are heading towards however the determine the first ever AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions undefeated at 1-0. They immediately started a match with a double knee to Cruz. Jay stayed legal, but Cruze tagged out and Ellie found herself isolated in the Tayjay corner.

They tagged in and out before giving that up and double teaming her, with a bulldog resulting in a two count. TayJay then delivered stero thrust kicks and stomps. Jay hit a pumpkick and then Melo one of her own on Ellie.

They used a raised knee slam and punned Ellie to move to an unprecedented 2-0.

Match Result: TayJay defeated Carolina Cruz and Dream Girl Ellie

-Backstage, Lexy Nair interviewed the Conglomeration. Kyle Fletcher was mentioned and Kyle O’Reilly mentioned that he hated there was another Kyle. Roddy Strong addressed MOXLEY and challenged him anytime, anywhere. Just let him know. Nightingale said that she was going to back up JetSpeed in their match tonight.

-It was then announced that The Demand would take on the Hurt Business in a trios match on Dynamite.

-Back from break, footage was shown of Darby Allin attacking Jon Moxley at New York City Comicon. Having attended that Con many times, I can say that it was probably over parking. Anyway, the Death Riders cut a promo about how Allin needs to die. Extreme, but they are called the Death Riders. PAC called Allin a piece of crap, earning his Bastard nickname. Moxley wrapped things up saying next time he sees Allin, he will get his face smashed in. These guys must be a blast at parties.

Trios Match: AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander, “Timeless” Toni Storm & Harley Cameron vs. Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue)

Cameron came out dressed like a giant heart, proving once again that she is precious cargo and should be protected at all costs. Storm and Statlander will meet at Wrestledream for Statlander’s AEW Women’s Championship, but I’m sure that wont play a factor in this match.

The Triangle had me asking “why so serious?” but the crowd was definitly into it. Storm convinced her partners to let her start things off and exploded off the bell with a pump kick to Thekla. She threw her around the ring until Thekla grabed the traps and forced her to the mat. She peppered Storm with kicks, but Storm fought back with a Thez press.

She follwed that up with a backbreaker and tagged in Cameron. Thekla sent Cameron to the corner and Blue tagged in, hoisting Cameron on her shoulders. Cameron got out of it and hit a dropkick before whipping Blue into the corner for a splash. Statlander tagged in and used Cameron as a weapon, slamming her onto Blue.

Statlander got Blue up in a staaaaaaaaaaaaallling suplex and slammed her to the mat. She whipped Blue into the corner who got out of it and tagged in Hart. Statlander powerslammed her and tagged in Storm who slammed Hart and tagged in Cameron. Cameron hit a high kick and tried a cover, but Hart kicked out at two.

Cameron started jabbing elbows into Hart’s neck, but Blue took her out giving Hart a pin attempt. Cameron kicked out and Hart startedpunching her. She put a headlock on and wracked the neck of Cameron before sending her into the corner. Hart chopped her and held her in a choke until the ref broke it up.

Hart went up top and walked the ropes, going Old School on Cameron before tagging in Blue. Blue threw a few strikes then tagged in Thekla. Thekla knocked Storm and Statlander off the apron and threw Cameron into the Triangle’s corner where they triple teamed her.

Coming out of that, Blue was legal for the Triangle and Cameron punched her in the gut. Blue hung her up on the ropes in response and drover her knee into Cameron’s neck. She suplexed Cameron next and threw elbows when she tried to get up.

Blue took a shot at Storm and then hoisted Cameron on her shoulders. Cameron got out of it though and tagged in Storm who took out Blue with an agressive flurry ending in a dropkick. She hit a blue thunder bomb, but Blue kicked out at two.

Blue landed a crescent kick and Hart tagged in to double team Storm. Storm turned it into a double DDT though and tagged in Statlander. Statlander cleaned house, throwing kicks at all three. She hit a neckbreaker on Hart, then slammed Blue onto her.

Cameron tagged in and Statlander lifted Hart so Cameron could hit a super bulldog. Thekla entered the match and Cameroon hit a backstabber. Blue took her out, but Storm kicked her our of the ring. Statlander went to kick Hart, but she ducked and almost caught Storm. They two stared each other down.

Cameron found herself alone with Thekla and caught a Spear From The Spider for Thekla to pin her for the win.

Match Result: The Triangle of Madness defeated Tony Storm, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander

-Backstage, Kenny Omega sent a message to Don Callis and his family. He was lamenting the never ending nature of their rivalry when he was interrupted by none other than Jack Perry. Perry said that he just wanted to say he’s got Omega’s back. Omega was more than suspicious and Perry said that he can’t change the past, but he and Omega have some of the same enemies. Omega said that he doesn’t give a F&%K about Perry or his big dumb dinosaur. If Perry wants to prove he can be trusted he should see Omega at Dynamite. Then he threw him out.

-Backstage, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander were interviewed about their loss. Cameron asked Statlander to be her tag partner, but Statlander said that she has to focus on the Women’s World Title now. She was about to suggest another partner for Cameron when Wheeler Yuta interrupted them to make fun of the. Then Toni Storm arrived and they all started yelling at each other. I don’t think Yuta was supposed to be in that segment…

-Next, MxMxTV (Mason Madden, Mansoor, Johnny TV and Tay Valkyrie) came down to the ring to have a “casting call” open challenge and give the announce team a chance to make a bunch of gross SEED jokes.

Mansoor grabbed a mic and ran down the crowd. He said that the Casting Call would continue tonight, if anyone is interested. There were some interested parties. A Trio in fact. A trio called La Faccion Ingobernable!

MxMxTV (Mason Madden, Mansoor and Johnny TV) vs LFI (Rush, Sammy Guevara and Dralistico) w/The Beast Mortos

Wait, if they are doing this match now, what’s going to headline Ring of Honor next week?

Anyway, Dralistico and Johnny TV started things off with a flurry of kicks and spin moves before Mansoor tagged in. He caught a foot in the gut and Guevara tagged in, taking him out. Madden ran across and knocked Rush and Dralistico off the apron, then delivered a big powerbomb to Guevara.

Rush was actually legal and he and Dralistico double dropkicked Madden. Dralistico tagged in and hit a hurricanrana on Johnny TV that sent both men to the outside. They Valkyrie took out Dralistico and Rush and Madden traded chops. Mansoor tried to get involved, but Rush thew him into the corner and Dralistico hit a double knee.

Rush delivered The Horns to Mansoor in the corner and Guevara tagged in. He went up top and hit a swanton bomb. He got the pin on Mansoor and the win for LFI.

Match Result: LFI defeated MxMxTV

That’s a lot of letters.

Suddenly, the music changed and Eddie Kingston, the one and only, headed to the ring for his match against Mortos.

Eddie Kingston vs. The Beast Mortos

Mortos took off the sunglasses he’d been hilariously wearing at ringside and Kingston went right for him. The two traded shots with Kingston getting Mortos off his feet with a flying shoulder block. Eddie want for a move, but Mortos rolled out of the ring. The rest of LFI decided they’d seen enough and left.

Kingston put a headlock on Mortos who fought out of it and sent Kingston to the corner. He followed him with a splash and european uppercuts. Kingston rolled away and Mortos stomped his head before putting on headlock of his own.

Mortos started throwing strikes, knocking Kingston around the ring. Kingston responded with some chops and the two started trading. Eventually Mortos just started ducking and then kicked Kingston’s knees out from underneath him. He choked him on the ropes and then threw Kingston into the corner, kicking him right in the Eddies.

The ref didn’t see it (I guess?) and allowed the match to continue with more strikes from Mortos. He hit a big running lariat, but Kingston kicked out at two. Mortos sent Kingston to the corner, but Kingston rolled away from the charge and Mortos exited the ring. Kingston dove between the ropes and sent Mortos into the barricades.

Back in the ring, Kingston hit a reverse neckbreaker, but Mortos kicked out at two. Mortos then bit the hand of Kingston but stopped when the ref hit a five count. He sent Kingston into the ropes, but didn’t get all of the spear and Kingston kicked out at two.

Mortos went up top for a twisting moonsauly but missed Kingston who thew him in a gutwrench. Kingston hit a backfist and Mortos collapsed. Kingston pinned him and got the win to move to 4-0 since returning to AEW.

Match Result: Eddie Kingston defeated The Beast Mortos

Mixed Trios Match: Megan Bayne & FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. Willow Nightingale & JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and The Jet” Kevin Knight)

Back from break, it was main event time!

Bayne brought Penelope Ford to the ring with her and FTR brought Stokely. JetSpeed brought themselves and Willow Nightingale, who danced her way into everyone’s hearts as usual.

Nightingale and Bayne started things off with a tie up. Nightingale sent Bayne into the corner, but neither let go. The wrestled each other back to the center of the ring, where Bayne pumnched Nightingale. Nightingale hit a shoulder block, but Bayne didn’t move. Bayne tried one of her own, but Nightingale didn’t move. Bayne called for one more, then clotheslined her.

NIghtingale hit a scoopslam and then sent Bayne to the corner for some strikes and a lariat. She followed that up with a crossbody, but Bayne kicked out at one. She tagged in Harwood and Nightingale tagged in Knight.

Knight hit a shoulder tackle and leapfrogged Harwood off of the ropes. Harwood got a shot in though, but Knight responded with a springboard lariat and dropkicks until Bayne got into the ring and shoved him. Harwood used that distraction to hit Knight from behind and Bayne sent him to the corner.

Kinght powered back with a shotgun dropkick, sending Knight to the corner. Bailey hit a kick and Nightingale hit a cannonball in the corner, but Knight could only get a two count. He tagged in NIghtingale who went to axhandle Harwood, but Bayne pushed him out of the way and sent Nightingale to the outside.

She thew strikes and tossed Nightingale around before sending her back into the ring. Harwood held her so that Bayne could hit some strikes. She sent Nightingale into the corner and threw some shoulders and chops. She hit a big splash and went for a cover, but only a two count.

For got involved at ringside and choked Nightingale on the ropes while Bayne distracted the ref. Bayne then put a headlock on. Nightingale powered out of it and started throwing strikes into Bayne’s gut. Bayne tried for a powerbomb, but Nightingale flipped her over. Wheeler then tried to jump her, but Nightingale tagged in Baliey.

Harwood quickly tagged in and Bailey hit a moonsault from one side of the ring to the other. He went for a second, but Harwood dodged it. Knight camp off the top with a shot, but Bailey could only get a two count.

Wheeler pulled Knight off the apron and sent him into the barricade. Bayne dove through the ropes onto him while Harwood hit a brainbuster on Bailey. Wheeler tagged in Bailey hit a spinning DDT off the second rope. Nightingale called for the hot tag, but Bailey was cut off by Wheeler. Bayne tagged in and tried to suplex Bailey. She stalled too long and he reversed it.

Bayne sent Bailey to the corner and he got a hot tag to Nightingale. Harwood tagged in, but Nightingale beat him up. Wheeler tried to make the save, but also got taken out. Knight hit a dropkick and then Nightingale hit a powerbomb on Harwood.

She tried to get him up in a suplex, but he pushed her into the ropes and tried a rollup off the bounce back. Bayne got tagged in and Nightingale went for a gutwrench, but Ford tried to cause a distraction. Nightingale pulled her in a flattened her.

Bayne tried to kick her from behind, but Nightingale locked in a crab hold. Bailey and Knight grabbed FTR and did the same. Hardwood grabbed the ropes and rolled out and Jetspeed dove after them.

Ford and Bayne hit a Doomsday device behind the ref’s back on Nightingale and Bayne pinned her one, two, three.

Match Result: FTR and Megan Bayne defeated Jetspeed and Willow Nightingale.

After the match Bayne and Nightingale attacked Nightingale and Harley Cameron came down and made the save with a guitar neck, running off the heels. Jestspeed and FTR jawed at each other as the show came to an end.

Adam Copeland on the significance of match with Christian Cage vs. FTR at AEW All Out

Posted on by Ian Carey

Adam Copeland says that his and Christian Cage’s match against FTR at AEW All Out will be one of the rare instances of two top teams from different generations squaring off.

Cope and Cage vs. FTR is set to open Saturday’s show at the Scotiabank Arena in their hometown of Toronto. During a recent interview with Rock 95 Barrie, Copeland was asked why this match is important and mentioned that it’s the first time he and Christian have ever teamed together in a two-on-two match on a pay-per-view in Canada.

“I didn’t realize that Jay and I, Christian and I, have never teamed on pay-per-view in Canada before.”

“That aspect that I didn’t know about until I read it somewhere and I thought, ‘Well, that’s pretty cool, that’s awesome.'”

“And then I think more than anything is just the fact that we’re still here doing it at a level where we feel like we’re contributing at this stage of our careers. And to do it against a team who, I don’t think it’s arguable, is easily one of the best in the world, and I think one of the best teams of all time. So you factor in you have these two teams, one that was dominant their era, one who was dominant in theirs. How does that work out? And there’s not too many instances of matches like that, you can think Rock/Hogan, there’s just not many. This is one of those.”

Cope and Christian have never teamed together in a two-on-two match on a pay-per-view in Canada before, but they did team with Gangrel as The Brood in a win over the Job Squad at In Your House: Rock Bottom in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1998.

Copeland also discusses his feud with John Cena, using the Spear as a finisher, and more during the interview. It is available in full below.

AEW wrestler claims injury won’t keep him off All Out card

Posted on by Josh Nason

Dax Harwood is claiming he has a broken nose after a microphone shot to the face on Wednesday, but will not miss this Saturday’s AEW All Out.

During September to Remember, the FTR team member was bonked in the face by Christian Cage, preceding a skirmish between himself, Cash Wheeler, Cage and Adam Copeland that followed a face-to-face talk ahead of their anticipated match Saturday.

Harwood was visibly bleeding from his nose after the two teams were separated.

Seen below, Harwood took to X on Thursday to say he had an X-ray Thursday and “To the shock of no one, I have a severely broken nose” before saying he will not miss Saturday as he will “embarrass” Copeland and Christian.

It’s unknown if the injury is a work or shoot. Tony Khan did not mention the injury or anything related during his media call Thursday.

Current AEW All Out card | Saturday, September 20 | Toronto, Canada

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against Kyle Fletcher
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Riho
  • AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Konosuke Takeshita and Mascara Dorada in a three-way
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) defend against The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson), JetSpeed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight), and Josh Alexander & Hechicero in a ladder match
  • The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin, MVP & Bobby Lashley) vs. Ricochet and the Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
  • Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin in a coffin match
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Thekla, Jamie Hayter and Kris Statlander in a four-way
  • Tables ‘n’ Tacks match: MJF vs. Mark Briscoe
  • Tailgate Brawl pre-show: Willow Nightingale, Mina Shirakawa, Harley Cameron & Queen Aminata vs. Julia Hart, Skye Blue, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford in a tornado tag match
  • Tailgate Brawl pre-show: Daniel Garcia vs. Katsuyori Shibata
  • Tailgate Brawl pre-show: Samoa Joe & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry)
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AEW Collision live results: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia rematch

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

The intrigue between former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and former TNT Champion Daniel Garcia continues on tonight’s live AEW Collision from Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena.

Moxley defeated Garcia in a recent clash on Dynamite, but took an interest in Garcia afterward with speculation he may be trying to recruit him for the Death Riders. This will be their fourth-ever singles match with Moxley a perfect 3-0.

Mark Briscoe battles Konosuke Takeshita where if Briscoe wins, he earns a TNT title shot against Kyle Fletcher. Fletcher and Don Callis will also be heard from on the broadcast.

In another billed all-star eight-woman tag team match, AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm teams with Mina Shirakawa, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander against Thekla, Skye Blue, Julia Hart and Megan Bayne.

FTR takes on Adam Priest and the new “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington to round out the show.

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Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia

Collision starting off with a big match, as Daniel Garcia tries to finally get a win over Jon Moxley. Moxley fled to the ropes after a lock up, trying to bait Garcia into making a mistake. Both men exchanged some technical segments, with Garcia locking on a modified STF, transitioning into a pinfall attempt for 1. Moxley hit a snapmare and a kick to the back, and Garcia fired up and hit some hard forearms on Moxley, but Moxley responded with a hard lariat, getting what he wanted and putting Garcia on the defence.

Moxley started taking Garcia apart at this point with punches and chops in the corner. Garcia did not stay on the defence for too long, as Garcia attacked the knee of Moxley with dragon screws, submissions, and smashing Moxley’s knee into the ring post before locking on a figure four around the ring post. As they went back to the ring, Moxley hit a shotgun dropkick that sent Garcia flying from the apron into the announce table. Moxley stretched his knee out on the guardrail as they went to break on TNT.

Moxley continued to beat Garcia around the ringside area, including throwing him into the steps during the break. Moxley hit a spike piledriver in the middle of the ring for a 2-count and transitioned into an armbar. Garcia managed to roll into the ropes as they came back from the break on TNT. Moxley went for a Death Valley Driver on the apron, but Garcia fought out with repeated elbows to Moxley’s head, stunning him, and Garcia hit a piledriver on the apron to a huge pop from the crowd.

Garcia countered a bulldog choke with a stalling back suplex, and hit some face scraping kicks in the corner. Moxley went for a lariat out of the corner but Garcia ducked, and Moxley went for a sharpshooter, but Garcia countered into a very close 2-count. Garcia hit a superplex out of the corner for a 2-count and did a bulldog choke on Moxley, but Moxley fought out and hit a Paradigm Shift. Garcia kicked out at 2, so Moxley hit a running knee to the face for another 2-count and a locked on the bulldog choke, but Garcia rolled through and locked on the Dragon Tamer.

Moxley barely made the ropes to escape the hold. Both men struggled to their feat and Moxley invited Garcia to keep hitting him with hard forearms and stomps. Garcia countered out of a Death Rider, and them Moxley suplexed them both over the top rope and to the floor. This match is awesome. Garcia and Moxley hit a series of hard forearms, and Garcia went for the rebound lariat, but Moxley countered into a rear naked choke that Garcia countered into a roll up, but Moxley sat down on it and pinned Garcia. Tremendous match.

Result: Jon Moxley

If you are someone that thinks Jon Moxley can’t work, you need to watch this match. Moxley was tremendous in this match, giving everything he could to Garcia before winning. An excellent match that in different times would be considered one of the better TV matches of the year, but this is pretty much standard fare for AEW. Nonetheless, an awesome match.

–Daniel Garcia shoved Daddy Magic away and talked to Tony Schiavone saying that he was tired of having a tremendous match, but still losing, and while he keeps getting back up, having a good 5-years just isn’t good enough. It seems like Garcia is going to be making some changes, and might be joining those Death Riders soon, I think.

–A recap aired of Kyle Fletcher hitting a brainbuster on a chair on Hangman Page and a brainbuster off the apron through a table on Kenny Omega on Dynamite.

–Big Bill was backstage with Bryan Keith, and Bill called out Philadelphia saying that this was the city that mocked him as he hit rock bottom, but he is now in the best shape of his life, and he was a real tough guy that came from New York City. Bill called out the tough guy from New York City that he hasn’t seen in a long time, calling out Eddie Kingston. The fans reacted with chants for Kingston, so it seems we’ll be seeing him back soon, which brings joy to my heart.

FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokely Hathaway) vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington

Adam Priest reminds me a lot of 2005 James Gibson (Jamie Knoble), from his size, to the toughness he exudes in the ring. It’s clear that FTR really like Priest, as they were happy to sell for him in this match. Cash and Priest exchanged some holds, then Billington and Harwood tagged in and continued doing the same. Billington hit a monkey flip and a Ricky Steamboat armdrag before tagging out to Priest. Harwood immediately drove Priest back to his corner and tagged out to Wheeler as they double teamed Priest.

Billington and Priest hit stereo snap suplexes that sent FTR to the floor, while a confused Stokley Hathaway looked on. Nigel McGuinness stated that he was surprised Stokely Hathaway wasn’t in a wheelchair after taking a killswitch from Christian Cage, which made me laugh. FTR hit a double clothesline on Priest as they went to ad break. Wheeler suplexed Priest across the top rope and started working him over for the heat. Wheeler distracted the referee while Harwood fishhooked Priest.

Wheeler and Priest started brawling on the floor, and Priest got the better of it. Priest threw Wheeler into the pillar near the crowd, then went back into the ring with Wheeler and hit a clothesline that sent him back to the floor, followed by a dive, while Billington locked on a crossface on Harwood, and hit a wheelbarrow suplex off the top rope for a 2-count. Billington missed a top rope headbutt, and Harwood tried to hit a superplex for Power & Glory, but Priest knocked Wheeler off the top rope and Billington knocked Harwood off the ropes before they hit a double flying headbutt for a 2-count that Wheeler broke up.

Harwood hit a Hansen lariat on Priest and FTR hit stereo German suplexes on Billington and Priest for a 2-count. Priest and Billington did roll up FTR for a near fall, but FTR quickly got back up and hit hard strikes before finally hitting Power & Glory on Priest for the pinfall.

Result: FTR

It seems FTR was determined to give these young guys a chance to look great, just like Moxley was with Garcia. Excellent match.

–Harwood locked Priest in a crossface and Billington made the save, but Hathaway made them stop the beat down, blaming Copeland and Christian Cage for the violence committed in the match, and wanted them to know that it was only 2-weeks before they ended their careers.

–An ad played with Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum as they were hanging out in brother nature, while they suddenly heard the cry of a peacock. They looked around and found several of the Boys, and they turned around and saw Dalton Castle there. Dalton Castle joined them and said that they were going to break some hearts. Dalton Castle is back!

–Jon Moxley talked backstage about what all the young guys wanted as they kept chasing after him, and it couldn’t be his God given talent, as he had none, or his people skills, as he doesn’t have those, and it wasn’t his belts, but it was because he is the guy that has the will to keep doing what needs to be done. Moxley made it clear that he wanted nothing more than to have Darby Allin by his side, fighting with him, but since he keeps coming back to fight for more, he is going to take Darby Allin out and make room for someone next to him that wants to be a master of the craft, as that is why people keep coming for him. Excellent promo.

The Triangle of Madness (Julia Hart, Skye Blue, & Thekla) & Megan Bayne vs. Kris Statlander, Harley Cameron, Mina Shirakawa, & Toni Storm

Wheeler Yuta came to ringside to talk to Statlander before being sent to the back. Thekla and Toni Storm started the match, with a battle of two different generations of Stardom stars. Cameron came in and hit a Russian legsweep on Julia Hart, while Statlander came in and did a tilt-a-whirl on Cameron to send her into Hart for a 2-count. Shirakawa hit a slingblade on Hart for another near fall, but to stop Shirakawa from tagging out to continue the offence, the heels ran around the ring and pulled all the babyfaces from the apron. Hart tagged out to Bayne, who hit a clothesline on Shirakawa, as they went to ad break.

Blue continued to get the heat on Shirakawa throughout the ad break, leading to the fans to chant loudly for Shirakawa. Hart hit a standing moonsault on Shirakawa for a 2-count as they came back from the break. Shirakawa figure foured the legs of Skye Blue while hitting a DDT on Hart. Toni Storm came in and ran wild, but was pulled from the ring by Megan Bayne. Statlander held the hand on Mina Shirakawa, allowing her to run up the ropes and hit a dive onto Bayne on the floor. Statlander and Cameron hit a double team move on Blue. The rest of the women all hit big moves, ending with Statlander hitting a big lariat on Bayne, but Bayne responded with her own, and then both women tumbled to the floor.

Cameron and Blue were left in the ring and they crashed into each other and were left laying in the middle of the ring. Hart and Statlander exchanged strikes, but Hart locked on an octopus stretch on Statlander in the middle of the ring. Cameron sent Bayne flying into the ring post, but Bayne drove Cameron into a ringside pillar. Statlander hit an electric chair on Julia Hart before wrapping Hart up with a seatbelt pinfall, stealing Wheeler Yuta’s move.

Result: Kris Statlander, Harley Cameron, Mina Shirakawa, & Toni Storm

In the post match, the Triangle of Madness attacked Statlander, while also laying out Mina Shirakawa and Toni Storm before Jamie Hayter made the save and drove them away, while Hayter and Storm were left in the ring. Hayter offered to help Storm up, and Storm was suspicious, but Statlander tried to make peace between the two of them, as the fans chanted “Hug it out!”

Storm grabbed a microphone and asked if they wanted to get nuts and appear to challenge the Triangle of Madness to a six-woman tag with Statlander and Hayter for AEW All Out. All parties agreed…except it was actually a four-way Women’s World title match featuring Storm, Thekla, Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayter.

–An Ace Austin hype video aired, showing his run with Chris Bey in New Japan and as a member of Bullet Club, and highlights of matches he had there and in ROH over the years. Austin is great, so I can’t wait to see what he will do in AEW.

–Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn were backstage, and that was a nice transition to Bullet Club Gold from the last video, and they talked about needing to figure out what was next. They put away Card Blade and Card Colten, saying they needed to take this seriously, and left the interview with Lexy Nair.

–A recap of Riho returning to attack Mercedes Mone aired, and Mercedes Mone challenged her and Alex Windsor to a match for Dynamite when she teams with Emi Sakura, the trainer of Riho.

–Kyle Fletcher, Josh Alexander, & Kyle Fletcher came out to discuss what happened with Hangman Page and Kenny Omega last week, while also talking about Mark Briscoe and Konosuke Takeshita later in the night with Tony Schiavone. Callis cut Schiavone off and claimed that Fletcher has put Kenny Omega out forever, and how Alexander had the other team exactly where he wanted them last week.

Alexander talked about how when he debuted in AEW he fought Hangman Page and lost, but he is not the same guy that debuted earlier this year, and he was going to run through Hangman Page for the sake of the Callis family. Fletcher talked about how he has taken out all his contenders, so in the meantime, he had plans, and he was the man to fill the shoes of Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, and Will Ospreay, he was going to challenge Hangman Adam Page to a world title match at AEW All Out.

Fletcher said that All Out was the show where Hangman Page got his first chance at the AEW World Championship, but unlike Page, he was not going to take 3 years to win it, and will not fail like Page did in his first title match. Nor would it take him 6 years to become the top guy in AEW, and if Hangman Page didn’t accept, he had no problem putting Page on the injured list and taking the vacant title from his hands. This was an excellent promo.

–Kyle O’Reilly was backstage with Ishii, Roderick Strong, and Hologram, and he said that it was weird, because they successfully cloned a luchadore (Clon, the evil Hologram, apparently). O’Reilly said that Ishii was going back to Japan for a few weeks, and Strong said he would fine if Ishii never came back. O’Reilly said he could tell Ishii was emotional, as Ishii stared on, emotionless, which was funny. O’Reilly claimed that everything was great in Conglomalamaland, and they just needed to cool off.

–Lexy Nair was with Anthony Bowens backstage, and Bowens said he was happy there was no Billy Gunn or Max Caster nearby, and he was busy doing media for AEW with a ton of WBD events, and Jerry Lynn walked up and said Bowens needed to take a long, hard look in the mirror to find out what was missing.

Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Josh Alexander & Don Callis) vs. Mark Briscoe

Briscoe and Takeshita started the match relatively calm, exchanging holds, until Takeshita raked the eyes of Briscoe. They started exchanging strikes at this moment as they went to break on TNT. Briscoe hit ten punches in the corner to the delight of the fans. Briscoe has a remarkable way of getting the fans into everything he does, and eliciting sympathy in ways few can. Takeshita took out the leg of Briscoe as he went for the Cactus Elbow, and hit a DDT to the floor off the apron.

Briscoe was not one to take that laying down though, hitting some hard chops once he was back on his feat, and hitting a Fisherman’s Buster for a 2-count. Briscoe flipped over a back body drop, landing on his feet, but turned into a Blue Thunder Bomb from Takeshita for a 2-count. Takeshita sent Briscoe to the floor and hit a tope con giro in front of the announce desk. Briscoe low bridged Takeshita and hit a dropkick before hitting a block buster off the apron to the floor.

Briscoe hit a running lariat for a 2-count. Both men hit lariats and were left down in the middle of the ring. Takeshita went for a superplex, but Briscoe responded with a sunset powerbomb off the ropes and went for the Froggy Bow, but Takeshita got the knees up. Takeshita hit a helluva kick in the corner and a German suplex, but Briscoe fired up and nailed Takeshita with a lariat for a 2-count. Briscoe went for the Jay Driller, but Takeshita countered into an inverted piledriver and a wheelbarrow into a German suplex for a 2-count.

Briscoe hit a palm strike and climbed the ropes, and Takeshita cut him off. Takeshita went for a suplex or falcon arrow, but Briscoe blocked it and bit the head of Takeshtia before hitting a headbutt and going for a Froggy Bow, but Don Callis got on the apron, and MJF ran out and shoved Briscoe off the ropes, letting Takeshita hit a running knee and a falcon arrow for the pinfall.

Result: Konosuke Takeshita

This was an incredible match. Briscoe and Takeshita steal the show on a show where it was hard to steal it after the opener.

–MJF started beating on Briscoe in the post match, but Takeshita shoved MJF, indicating that he didn’t need help. Callis tried to make peace between the two, taking Takeshita from the ring. MJF and Briscoe started brawling and security ran out to pull them apart.

MJF grabbed a mic and said that he was tired of Briscoe, and he could name the place and the stipulation, because it was time to end this. Briscoe said that MJF made a huge mistake, and the place was All Out in Toronto, while the stipulation was something he would come up with later.

Final Thoughts

This was a tremendous episode of Collision. Some major angles to setup matches for AEW All Out, great wrestling, and great promos. You can’t ask for a better show than this to hype up a PPV, while also being great in a self contained way with the quality of the matches. AEW hit it out of the park this week.

AEW Dynamite – 9/10/25

  • Hangman Adam Page vs. Josh Alexander
  • Ricochet vs. Shelton Benjamin
  • Mercedes Mone & Emi Sakura vs. Riho & Alex Windsor

AEW All Out – 9/20/25

  • AEW World Championship: Hangman Adam Page (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher
  • Coffin Match: Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin
  • Mark Briscoe vs. MJF
  • TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Riho
  • Toni Storm, Kris Statlander, & Jamie Hayter vs. The Triangle of Madness

AEW reveals Adam Priest’s partner for Collision tag match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

We now know who Adam Priest will be teaming with on AEW Collision this Saturday.

Last night on Dynamite, it was set up that Adam Priest and a partner of his choosing would face FTR on Collision this week. The identity of that partner is now confirmed with Tony Khan announcing that Priest has chosen to team with Tommy Billington — the nephew of late wrestling legend Dynamite Kid.

A brawl took place on Dynamite building up FTR’s match against Adam Copeland & Christian Cage for All Out. Priest — who recently teamed with JD Drake in a loss to FTR — was part of a group of ROH wrestlers who tried to break up the brawl. In the process, Priest got into it with FTR after being shoved by Dax Harwood.

Backstage, FTR insulted Priest and challenged him to a match on Collision.

Billington previously lost to Harwood in a singles bout on a May 2024 edition of Collision.

This Saturday’s episode is taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia during AEW’s ongoing residency at the venue.

AEW Collision (Saturday, September 6) —

  • Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia
  • Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • All Star eight-woman tag match: Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa, Kris Statlander & Harley Cameron vs. Megan Bayne, Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue
  • FTR vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington